| 100% | METEORITES | 10 | Tanzania's Mbozi, New York's Willamette and Greenland's Agpalilik |
| 41% | AVES | 4 | New York's Madison and Lexington, for short |
| 41% | AVENUES | 7 | New York's Lexington and Madison, e.g. |
| 39% | MSG | 3 | Arena for New York's Knicks and Rangers: Abbr. |
| 39% | BARRIOS | 7 | New York's Spanish Harlem and others |
| 37% | ORIGINSTORES | 12 | The Macy's in New York's Herald Square, and others? |
| 37% | AVES | 4 | D.C.'s New York and Pennsylvania |
| 36% | STATEMOTTOS | 11 | *California's "Eureka" and New York's "Excelsior" |
| 36% | NEEDLE | 6 | Cleopatra's __, obelisks in New York and London |
| 36% | ORR | 3 | Alexander ___, pioneer and early head of New York's subway system |
| 36% | RINKS | 5 | Winter sights at New York's Rockefeller Center and Bryant Park |
| 35% | EZRA | 4 | New York Times columnist and podcast host Klein |
| 35% | FANFESTS | 8 | New York Comic Con and Treklanta, for two |
| 35% | CITIES | 6 | New York and Tokyo |
| 35% | CENTRALPARK | 11 | New York City tourist attraction, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | AUTUMN | 6 | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong's fall song "___ in New York" |
| 34% | ELSTON | 6 | New York Yankees legend and 1963 league MVP, ___ Howard |
| 34% | PORTS | 5 | New York and New Orleans |
| 34% | SOHOS | 5 | New York and London areas |
| 34% | NFC | 3 | New York Giants' and Seattle Seahawks' organization: Abbr. |
| 34% | MAGS | 4 | New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, in brief |
| 34% | ICAHN | 5 | New York's ___ Stadium (track-and-field venue) |
| 34% | RAMAPO | 6 | New York and New Jersey river |
| 34% | MTA | 3 | New York rail and bus inits. |
| 34% | BAYS | 4 | New York and Delaware, for two |
| 33% | UTICA | 5 | City in upstate New York between Albany and Rochester |
| 33% | MASLIN | 6 | Longtime New York Times film and literary critic Janet |
| 33% | STARTSPREADIN | 13 | With 65-Across, beginning of Sinatra's "New York, New York," and an apt instruction for this puzzle |
| 33% | ERIE | 4 | New York and ___ Railroad, started in 1832 |
| 33% | HARBORS | 7 | New York and San Diego, e.g. |